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Ubuntu 14.04 — ceilometer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ceilometer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 May 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2311-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4615 Upstream summary: USN-2311-1 fixed vulnerabilities in pyCADF. This update provides the corresponding updates for OpenStack Ceilometer. Original advisory details: Zhi Kun Liu discovered that pyCADF incorrectly […]

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SLES 12 — libgoa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libgoa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0240 CVE-2013-1799 Upstream summary: Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts […]

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SLES 12 — ruby — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — ruby — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:0147-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4815 CVE-2009-4492 CVE-2010-0541 CVE-2011-1004 CVE-2011-1005 Upstream summary: Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — aptdaemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — aptdaemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2648-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1323 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulate dbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly expose sensitive information, or […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gpgme1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gpgme1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 May 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2307-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3564 Upstream summary: Tomáš Trnka discovered that GPGME incorrectly handled certain certificate line lengths. An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using GPGME to crash, […]

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SLES 12 — libjansson4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libjansson4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:0467-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6401 Upstream summary: Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a […]

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SLES 12 — libXext6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libXext6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1099-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1982 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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